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Here is a Hasegawa 1/48 CF-18B I made on commission. The customer wanted a two seat Hornet as it appeared at the 2006 Maple Flag exercise with open canopy, ladder down and two blue bombs.

I found the photo I was looking for which showed 188915 as still with out the modernization which includes the annoying to scratch build bird slicers. It was also nice and dirty.

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Looks great. What techniques do you use for weathering? Especially the streaking on the wings and under engines.

Base colour paint (375 and 237 greys)

Then a lighter paint of same colours. Same FS numbers with a little white.

Touch up sprays in slightly darker colours.

Black powder dusted and brushed into areas I want dirty.

More paint to lighten the dust.

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Nicely done. Sure makes me want to jump on my CF-18 model, just waiting for a tool to come in. Accidentally purchased the F-18C, so just a change on the tail and I'll be good to go biggrin.gif

Doug

Same here, this was a D kit.

Do not forget to use the "wrong" shock absorbers as per the instructions.

Thanks for the comments everyone.

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